Menu bar inside form ?

  • Thread starter Thread starter François Uldry
  • Start date Start date
F

François Uldry

Is there any control that would allow me to have a menu bar inside a form
instead of a tool bar ?

I'd like to have one window which come with a docked menu bar inside it, to
clearly show that it will only work there.

Any idea on how to do it ?

Thanks,
Francois
 
Nope not in a standard installation. Most probably you can by such an activeX
control.

I suggest to customize the Toolbar as needed when the form has focus.
 
François Uldry said:
Is there any control that would allow me to have a menu bar inside a
form instead of a tool bar ?

I'd like to have one window which come with a docked menu bar inside
it, to clearly show that it will only work there.

Any idea on how to do it ?

Thanks,
Francois
Click to expand...

If you don't need drop-down or sub-menus then you can just use buttons and
labels to provide the appearance of a menu and use their click events. If you
need drop-down or sub-menus then you can use the click event to display a
shortcut menu. Since the shortcut menu always appears where the mouse cursor is
this gives virtually the same appearance as a menu bar embedded within the form.
 
François Uldry said:
Is there any control that would allow me to have a menu bar inside a form
instead of a tool bar ?

I'd like to have one window which come with a docked menu bar inside it,
to clearly show that it will only work there.
Click to expand...

I kind of agree, but do remember that likey for your users, the MOST populr
software they use is likey to be microsoft office. If you look closely at
Excel, or Word (and in fact ms-access and *most* off office, they all have
child widnows, and hte menu bar is at the top). What this means is that
users never have to "hunt" for a menu bar...as it is always at the top. And,
the sopposlry most user friedly computer, the Apple mac also follows this
inteferface desing for all software. So, by having a menu at the top, it is
not likey to confuse users, since word, and excel have wroked that way for
about 10 years now.

So, while I also would like the ability to have the menu bar attached to the
top of the window, at the end of the day, the current design does follow how
most of office works.
 
Back
Top